{"id":156014,"date":"2025-09-20T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/156014\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T00:42:10","slug":"edmonton-home-searched-as-part-of-samuel-bird-disappearance-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/156014\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton home searched as part of Samuel Bird disappearance investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A home in Edmonton was searched on Thursday as part of the investigation into what happened to Samuel Bird<\/a>, a teenager who has been missing for months.<\/p>\n

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Bird\u2019s family fears Samuel is dead<\/a>. Friday was his 15th birthday.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Police Service<\/a> confirmed a search warrant was executed at a home on Thursday in relation to the Bird investigation, but would not say where the home was or if any arrests were made.<\/p>\n

Residents of a west Edmonton area said they saw police, including the tactical team, show up at a home in the Canora neighbourhood on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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Neighbours said they saw the tactical team members approaching the Canora home and take three people into custody. The neighbours said all were released a short time later.<\/p>\n

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On Friday morning, the house was still blocked off by police tape and in the afternoon, investigators showed up and went inside.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Police Service investigators at a home in the Canora neighbourhood on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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Police would not say if that house was the one where the warrant in relation to Bird was executed.<\/p>\n

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Some of the regular volunteers who have been helping in the search for Bird went to the house in Canora on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re part of a group of friends, family and dozens of volunteers have been searching for Bird for months, based out of a command post in the North Saskatchewan River valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t want to give an on-camera interview, but chatted with Global News informally.<\/p>\n

A command post volunteer named Dakota stressed the developments at the house do not change anything and they are sill searching for Bird.<\/p>\n

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They want the public to know this isn\u2019t a sign to give up.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tA home in west Edmonton was searched on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 as police continue to investigate what happened to Edmonton teen Samuel Bird.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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Bird was last seen on the evening of June 1, leaving his home to visit a friend in the Canora neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Police Service said he was later reported to be seen leaving the friend\u2019s home on foot, but never returned home.<\/p>\n

He has not been seen by friends or family since<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police said Bird is known to frequent West Edmonton Mall and is familiar with both the west end and south side.<\/p>\n

In late August, police said investigators have determined his disappearance to be suspicious and continue to seek tips from the public.<\/p>\n

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